‘Breaking Grass’ to open for Easton Corbin By J. Lynn West Members of the Union County Fair Association met with event coordinators and vendors this past Tuesday evening to outline changes coming to the fair this year. The planning focus is the scheduled concert July 16 by Easton Corbin. Corbin has been gaining popularity through […]

The Mississippi Arts Commission’s 15th Annual Whole Schools Initiative Summer Institute will offer educators new and innovative ideas for classroom arts integration. This year’s Institute will be held at the MSU Riley Center in Meridian, July 15 – 18, and will focus on “Getting to the Core of a 21st Century Education”. Approximately 300 teachers, […]

Through a targeted effort to increase awareness and provide access to current trends in transportation, stakeholders have continued to organize and coordinate resources statewide to meet the challenge. The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) would like to invite individuals who are interested in increasing mobility options in their communities to participate in the 7th Annual […]

Two other local elections to be on November ballot By J. Lynn West It has only been a little more than a week since Union County Medical Examiner-Investigator Mark Golding resigned following the revelation that he is under investigator by the state auditor’s office, but as of Monday, eight people had expressed interest in replacing […]

The News Exchange office will be closed Thursday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. The holiday will not affect deadlines and rack and carrier copies of the News Exchange will be distributed as usual, but mail copies will be a day later. We apologize for the inconvenience. Governmental offices will close Thursday and Friday […]

The cost for garbage collection in Union County is apparently going up, attributed by county supervisors to the increasing cost of fuel and equipment. State law requires solid-waste departments of local government to be self-sustaining and while operating costs have gone up, the rates have not since the arrangement with Three Rivers Regional Landfill in […]

Indian artifact show An Indian artifact show sponsored by the Magnolia State Archaeological Society will be held Saturday, June 29, from 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at the Lee County Agri-Center, 5395 Hwy 145, Verona. Collectors from the Southeast will display a wide variety of some of the finest prehistoric native American artifacts collected from […]

The following University of Mississippi students are listed on the Chancellor’s Honor Roll for the spring 2013 semester. For the honor, a grade-point average of from 3.75 through 4.0 is required of full-time students carrying at least 12 semester hours. Stephanie Amber Hall, Myrtle; Justin Kyle Tanner, Myrtle ; Katie Elaine Jenkins, Etta; Alexandria Nicole […]

When the magnolia’s ivory petals unfold, when the honeysuckle’s aroma saturates the evening breeze and the lighting bugs begin their electric light show, it’s not only summer in Mississippi. It’s chigger time! I’ve got to get on the Internet or dig into the library volumes to get the where and why of these little critters. […]